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Recommend by a friend. Great in every sense

We had a fabulous Christmas Lunch with 25 other residents of Shipton Gorge. Andrea and her team looked after us, service was excellent and hospitality second to none. We enjoyed a delicious three course meal with a selection of Prawn Cocktail, Duck Liver Pate, Garlic Mushrooms for starters followed by Turkey, Steak Pie or a Fish Course then Christmas Pud, a Cheese Plate or Apple and Berry Crumble. The Crumble was so good diners took some home. Our pub has a cozy warm welcoming environment and I’d recommend it to anyone visiting West Dorset.

My wife and I were new to Mexican cuisine, and so grateful for the advice from Matt the owner as to what to choose to both eat and drink. The food was so tasty, not too spicy, great quality and good value. The cocktail I had was delicious, and my wife loved the Mexican red wine she had. The atmosphere was lovely, nice music, attentive service. We will be back soon and can’t wait to try some other dishes on the menu. And drinks! Highly recommended.

Just had a simple take away tea and cake. When I got home the cake box was also full of fresh fruit! What a lovely touch :-) And the cake and tea were perfect. What nice people! Thank you so much - you made us smile.

Phoned up for collection at 21:10 (they close at 22:00), so I didn't need to sit in, I just needed to collect my food and go. Alas they informed me that the kitchen was closed already. It would of only taken them 10 minutes to do our order. They need to specify on their info that they don't accept orders after a certain time. I could understand if I was phoning them after 21:30 as they obviously need time to clean things down before they leave.

Had a really lovely meal here and will definitely return. The restaurant is nice and bright, tables are well laid out and service was good. Food was really tasty and felt really clean, ie not oily, really great restaurant!

We had a meal here a few days ago and it was utterly brilliant! Excellent service, lovely setting, and delicious food. We will 100% be back and thoroughly recommend.

Lovely fresh Thai food. Great atmosphere! Must try the spicy papaya salad!

We often go to the Jolliffe Arms, sometimes lunch and evenings but mainly for their Sunday Roast .The staff are always friendly and helpful and the food is the best,you can pick a single meat roast or a mix of meats, the portion sizes are very good, the regular size is plenty for lots of the family , also the puddings are very good and nice sized portions,all in all great great food at a very fair price ,I would definitely recommend the Jolliffe Arms, a lovely old pub with atmosphere and great food.

Really fabulous roast enjoyed by us all - our party consisted of vegans, vegetarian and meat eaters, so you would think not the easiest to cater for as a group! All thoroughly enjoyed their meals and all agreed we would be coming back again! Staff were brilliant with excellent service provided - we all loved the quirky venue - nice to be somewhere with interesting surroundings rather than the norm..

Great little coffee shop staff always friendly and always helpful. The coffee is great its nice as the food served there isn't pre packed it's fresh. The pennies are cooked well and full of fillings cakes are great to

I can't recommend this restaurant enough. We had a lovely meal last night for my mothers birthday. Food was delicious and staff were lovely. They brought out a birthday cake and sang for my mother, and even offered her a free drink at the end. Parking, additionally, was free and right outside the restaurant. We will be back!

Visitors to Sidmouth. Soup was amazing with gluten free bread. A lovely glass of red wine too. Tom was exceptional, he welcomes everyone with kindness and a smile. A real asset to the business!!!

Best cafe in poole lovely food, really nice and friendly staff

The Staff are polite and friendly and are happy to go out there way for there customer's. I booked a table for my Partners Birthday today and the food was amazing everyone was completely happy with there breakfast choice and enjoy there visit. My partner even received a Birthday cake and candle after our breakfast we didn't ask for this to be done this was a gesture from the Cafe and it made my partner's day extra special. Thank You Dotty's and will be visiting again soon. Highly recommend Eating here A*